When posting wildlife *portraits*, most of us will seek perfect backgrounds with creamy bokeh and the removal of all clutter.
In my opinion Kasper6188's wildlife imagery steps out from the rest .
The long-eared owl is a good example. And then I recall that little raccoon (just the eye and face looking up) as it is apparently approaching a deck, maybe to panhandle a little food.
Finally, this "two-deer portrait" is simply "over the top". I think it starts with the look on the face of the one in the rear. There is clutter but apparently no attempt to clean it up.
And increasingly PS pushes more “advanced tools” that alter the captured image to a moment that did not happen in nature. PS will never stop but we do not have to use everything they push.
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bs kite wrote:
Wildlife portraits........
When posting wildlife *portraits*, most of us will seek perfect backgrounds with creamy bokeh and the removal of all clutter.
In my opinion Kasper6188's wildlife imagery steps out from the rest .
The long-eared owl is a good example. And then I recall that little raccoon (just the eye and face looking up) as it is apparently approaching a deck, maybe to panhandle a little food.
Finally, this "two-deer portrait" is simply "over the top". I think it starts with the look on the face of the one in the rear. There is clutter but apparently no attempt to clean it up.
And increasingly PS pushes more “advanced tools” that alter the captured image to a moment that did not happen in nature. PS will never stop but we do not have to use everything they push.
Hey thanks a lot! Apricate the kind words. More often than not I try to keep things as seen in nature. I may remove something if it was an already clean shot with just a minor distraction. I don't really believe in heavy modifications, it just strays farther from reality. My favorite wildlife shots are the ones that make me chuckle while editing. Ones you can put a funny caption on, like this one below
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